Software Architecture Job Trends in East Sussex

Software Architecture
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 39 48
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +43
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 3 14 13
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.73% 3.44% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 4.11% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - £55,000
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.58%
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £64,500
South East median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +14.81% - +0.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 307 341 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 75.06% 83.78% 86.63%
Number of salaries quoted 236 202 327
10th Percentile £26,500 £41,250 £30,597
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year - +8.23% -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton -6 3 £80,000 - 3
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) ChatGPT
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub
1 3 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript